The following descriptions are of two personal trainers who provide training to their clients using equipment and methods based on the work of Joseph Pilates. Trainer 1: Received training from one school. Her approach to training: This is the way I learned it, this is the way I’m teaching it to you. Don’t question me, [...]
Also tagged Deliberate Practice, linchpin, Mastery, Work as ArtIn his new book, Drive, author Dan Pink talks about what really motivates us, the “instrinsic drive” that we want to – but don’t always – follow. He describes the three pillars of this instrinsic motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. These three, working in concert, provide the foundation for satisfaction, and if any of these [...]
Also tagged art of living, choice, Drive, Life, linchpin, Mastery, Work as ArtWhen I was young, I went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark with my mom. At the conclusion of the opening sequence, as Indy’s escape plane flies away, my mom leaned over and said, “Oh my God. Is the whole movie going to be like this?” I had a very similar feeling when – on [...]
Also tagged ArtOfLiving, Books, Concept Work, learning, Life, Mastery, passion, thinking, Work as ArtIn the letter that he sent along with the early review copies of his new book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, Seth Godin asks us to “read it through (twice if you can)” before we review it. I get the impression from his letter, and from his introduction to the book, that he expects many people won’t like [...]
Also tagged ArtOfLiving, Books, DeliberatePractice, Education, learning, Life, linchpin, MasteryIn Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, author John Medina discusses the importance of sleep (Rule #7: Sleep well, think well): Why do we sleep? It may be so that we can learn. The brain replays information learned during the day hundreds of times while we saw logs. [...]
Also tagged brain rules, Complexity, dream, learning, meetings, organizations, sleepIn his recent Zen Habits‘ article How Passion and Focus Will Rock Your Career, guest blogger Corbett Barr poses what he calls the “jack of all trades” question: Is it better to be a Renaissance man or woman and be good at a lot of different things or to be laser-focused and really great at one specific [...]
Also tagged ArtOfLiving, DeliberatePractice, learning, Life, Mastery, thinkingFrom Seth Godin’s recent article Why ask why? The secret to creativity is curiosity… The student with no curiosity… is no problem at all. Lumps are easily managed. Same thing is true for most of the people we hire. We’d like them to follow instructions, not ask questions, not question the status quo. This reminded [...]
Also tagged Complexity, Creativity, Innovation, thinkingJust inside the entrance to the Art of Living Building in Downtown St. Louis is the following quote: A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his WORK and his PLAY his LABOR and his LEISURE his MIND and his BODY his EDUCATION and his RECREATIONS. He hardly knows which is which. He [...]
Also tagged ArtOfLiving, Balance, DeliberatePractice, learning, Life, Mastery…as posted to amazon.com and GoodReads.com. = = == === ===== I read 39 books in 2009, just “a few” shy of my goal of 50. Thanks to a little nudge from Art Johnson (@artjohnson) and some tips from Julien Smith, I’ve set my 2010 sights just a little bit higher: a book a week, for a total [...]
Also tagged Books, learning, Life, Mastery, thinkingAs I mentioned a couple of days ago, Dan Pink‘s new book Drive touches on something that I’ve been thinking about for many years: the role – or lack thereof – of mastery in the workplace. I’ve been going through my archives pulling together my thoughts on the subject over the years and found the [...]
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